Externally serviceable it memory dimms for server/tower enclosures

An electronic component carrier for mounting the electronic component to a circuit board, comprising:

• a frame including a header having opposing attachment arms extending outwardly therefrom for seating an electronic component within the frame;
• a latching mechanism of the frame including latching members at a distal end of each of the attachment arms for releaseably seating the electronic component between the attachment members, the attachment members being resiliently flexible such that the latching members bend to a release position and resiliently return to a grasping position for releasing and grasping the electronic component, respectively;
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• handling levers for removably mating the electronic component to a connector on a circuit board, the handling levers extend upwardly from the header through an outer casing housing the circuit board when in an open position for manually removing the electronic component from the connector, and the handling levers being substantially parallel with a top surface of the header when in a closed position when the electronic component is mated to the connector.

An electronic component holding system for mounting the electronic component to a circuit board, comprising:

• a frame including a header having opposing attachment arms extending outwardly therefrom for seating an electronic component within the frame;
• a latching mechanism of the frame including latching members at a distal end of each of the attachment arms for releaseably seating the electronic component between the attachment members, the attachment members being resiliently flexible such that the latching members bend to a release position and resiliently return to a grasping position for releasing and grasping the electronic component, respectively;
• handling levers for removably mating the electronic component to a connector on a circuit board, the handling levers extend upwardly from the header through an outer casing housing the circuit board when in an open position for manually removing the electronic component from the connector, and the handling levers being substantially parallel with a top surface of the header when in a closed position when the electronic component is mated to the connector;
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• a housing configured to receive the frame within the housing and operatively engage extension elements extending from the distal ends of each of the handling levers and passing through a mating pair of openings defined by the header and the housing for each of the extension elements, the extension elements extending angularly through their respective openings when the handling levers are in the open position such that the apparatus can be removed from the outer casing, and the extension elements abutting a top of each of the openings when the handling levers are in the closed position such that the apparatus is locked in the housing and the electronic component is seated in the connector.

A method for manufacturing an electronic component carrier for mounting the electronic component to a circuit board, comprising:

• positioning a header of a frame between opposing attachment arms extending outwardly for attaching an electronic component for seating within the frame;
• positioning latching members of a latching mechanism of the frame at a distal end of each of the attachment arms for releaseably seating the electronic component between the attachment members, the attachment members being resiliently flexible such that the latching members bend to a release position and resiliently return to a grasping position for releasing and grasping the electronic component, respectively;
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• handling levers for removably mating the electronic component to a connector on a circuit board, the handling levers extend upwardly through an outer casing housing the circuit board when in an open position for manually removing the electronic component from the connector, and the handling levers being substantially parallel with a top surface of the header when in a closed position when the electronic component is mated to the connector.

A method for mounting an electronic component to a circuit board, comprising:

• releaseably seating an electronic component between opposing attachment members of a frame including a header using a latching mechanism including the attachment members being resiliently flexible;
• opening handling levers for removably mating the electronic component to a receiving slot on a circuit board, the handling levers extend upwardly from the header through an outer casing housing the circuit board when in an open position for manually removing the electronic component from a receiving slot of the circuit board;
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• closing the handling levers to being substantially parallel with a top surface of the header when in a closed position when the electronic component is mated to the receiving slot.